<p>Heavy Industries Minister Jagadish Shettar said on Saturday a few ministers in the Yediyurappa’s Cabinet had <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/top-karnataka-stories/six-karnataka-ministers-move-court-seeking-injunction-against-media-houses-958674.html" target="_blank">moved the court</a> to prevent an impending character assassination.</p>.<p>Speaking to media persons here on Saturday, he said one cannot restore his/her reputation once wrong information is circulated. “To prevent such a scenario, the six ministers have approached the court and there is nothing wrong in it,” he said and added that elected representatives are living in strange times, where a victim of sexual harassment is not filing a case, but someone else is.</p>.<p><strong>Breach of privilege</strong></p>.<p>Taking a dig at the Leader of Opposition in Assembly Siddaramaiah, Shetter said the Congress leader should feel ashamed of justifying the deeds of Bhadravathi MLA B K Sangamesh. “Sangamesh should be suspended from Assembly for rest of the term for his unruly behaviour in the House and also for threatening the speaker,” Shettar said.</p>.<p>Speaker’s ruling is final and cannot be questioned, he said and added that threatening the speaker amounts to a breach of privilege. Sangamesh is not fit to be an MLA, he charged.</p>.<p>When asked about, Ramesh Jarkiholi’s condition (for resigning from the post of minister) of making his brother Balachandra Jarkiholi a Cabinet minister, Shettar said he would not discuss such issues in public and the party will take a decision on it.</p>
<p>Heavy Industries Minister Jagadish Shettar said on Saturday a few ministers in the Yediyurappa’s Cabinet had <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/top-karnataka-stories/six-karnataka-ministers-move-court-seeking-injunction-against-media-houses-958674.html" target="_blank">moved the court</a> to prevent an impending character assassination.</p>.<p>Speaking to media persons here on Saturday, he said one cannot restore his/her reputation once wrong information is circulated. “To prevent such a scenario, the six ministers have approached the court and there is nothing wrong in it,” he said and added that elected representatives are living in strange times, where a victim of sexual harassment is not filing a case, but someone else is.</p>.<p><strong>Breach of privilege</strong></p>.<p>Taking a dig at the Leader of Opposition in Assembly Siddaramaiah, Shetter said the Congress leader should feel ashamed of justifying the deeds of Bhadravathi MLA B K Sangamesh. “Sangamesh should be suspended from Assembly for rest of the term for his unruly behaviour in the House and also for threatening the speaker,” Shettar said.</p>.<p>Speaker’s ruling is final and cannot be questioned, he said and added that threatening the speaker amounts to a breach of privilege. Sangamesh is not fit to be an MLA, he charged.</p>.<p>When asked about, Ramesh Jarkiholi’s condition (for resigning from the post of minister) of making his brother Balachandra Jarkiholi a Cabinet minister, Shettar said he would not discuss such issues in public and the party will take a decision on it.</p>